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TypeError: 'Entity' object is not subscriptable

See original GitHub issue

I’ve often come across this error either right after executing an order or when loading non-historical data.

Here’s an example after execution

May 27 10:11:57  /app/.heroku/python/lib/python3.6/site-packages/alpaca_trade_api/stream2.py:151: UserWarning: Discarding nonzero nanoseconds in conversion
May 27 10:11:57    await handler(self, channel, ent)
May 27 10:12:12  sleep 3 seconds and retrying https://paper-api.alpaca.markets/v2/account 3 more time(s)...
May 27 10:12:15  sleep 3 seconds and retrying https://paper-api.alpaca.markets/v2/account 3 more time(s)...
May 27 10:12:19  sleep 3 seconds and retrying https://paper-api.alpaca.markets/v2/account 3 more time(s)...
May 27 10:12:22  sleep 3 seconds and retrying https://paper-api.alpaca.markets/v2/account 3 more time(s)...
May 27 10:12:25  buy_bracket - limitprice=826.360, price=822.569, stopprice=820.885
May 27 10:12:25  Exception in thread Thread-1:
May 27 10:12:25  Traceback (most recent call last):
May 27 10:12:25    File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python3.6/threading.py", line 916, in _bootstrap_inner
May 27 10:12:25      self.run()
May 27 10:12:25    File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python3.6/threading.py", line 864, in run
May 27 10:12:25      self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
May 27 10:12:25    File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python3.6/site-packages/alpaca_backtrader_api/alpacastore.py", line 328, in _t_streaming_listener
May 27 10:12:25      self._transaction(trans)
May 27 10:12:25    File "/app/.heroku/python/lib/python3.6/site-packages/alpaca_backtrader_api/alpacastore.py", line 650, in _transaction
May 27 10:12:25      oid = trans['id']
May 27 10:12:25  TypeError: 'Entity' object is not subscriptable

This happens both using polygon and not using polygon.

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Created 3 years ago
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jtbalescommented, Jun 3, 2020

Just tested it and that did the trick, thanks

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shlomikushchicommented, Jun 3, 2020

a fix for this issue is available in the master branch. install it like this: pip install -U git+https://github.com/alpacahq/alpaca-backtrader-api let me know id this still happens